The annual tradition is not a university-sanctioned event; however, no one stops students from getting high on marijuana. Under Saturday's brilliantly sunny skies, pot smokers wearing a lot of neon-colored sun glasses and "Keep Santa Cruz Stoned" T-shirts lit up and got giddy while police officers watched.

But one marijuana enthusiast took the opportunity a little too far.

A joint weighing nearly 3 pounds was found by officers. When a large crowd of students noticed 3 pounds of marijuana rolled into a single joint was being carried away, they booed the officers and recorded them with cellphone cameras. A video of the incident was uploaded onto YouTubeSaturday and had been watched 28,000 times by Monday morning.

A 25-year-old man who was suspected of creating and bringing the massive joint, UCSC student Gennady Tsarinsky, was escorted away from the field and arrested.

"(Tsarinsky) was arrested for possession of more than an ounce," UCSC spokesman Jim Burns said. Burns said he could not confirm the exact weight of the joint.

A second pot smoker was arrested for disorderly conduct, but overall students said the marijuana smoke-out was a carefree counterculture fun fest.

"Everyone is super-friendly, super-easygoing, really accepting," UCSC student Trio Harris said. "You can just be yourself and not be judged, and that's why I love 4/20."